Many of you are aware that a significant forest fire is burning near
our facilities on Mt. Hopkins.  Based on phone conversations Dan
Fabricant had with Steve Criswell this morning, the "Florida" fire
continues to spread down the western flank of Mt. Wrightson.  The
management of the fire has been upgraded to a Level 1 team. The fire
crews are attempting to create a fireline from Madera Canyon up
through Josephine Saddle and down the other side.  This fireline is
shown on the Forest Service map available at the link below.  Today
Steve Criswell, Emilio Falco, and Dennis Smith are going up the
mountain to fill dewars and assess the situation.  It is difficult to
predict what the fire is going to do.  At this point our facilities
are still in danger.

We have created a web page on which we have posted some photos and
links to information.  We will post further updates on this page 
as they become available.

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/oir/FLWO/FloridaFire/